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US-Turkey agreement to accelerate SMR deployment

Last November, Turkey's energy minister set out a target to deploy 5000 MWe of small modular reactor (SMR) capacity - in addition to 12 larger reactor...

Škoda JS to supply control rod drives for Rolls-Royce SMR's reactors

Škoda JS to supply control rod drives for Rolls-Royce SMR's reactors

Škoda JS is part of the Czech majority state-owned CEZ Group, which also has a 2...

23.09.2026
GE Vernova, Hitachi, SGE and Samsung C&T sign BWRX-300s MoU

GE Vernova, Hitachi, SGE and Samsung C&T sign BWRX-300s MoU

The signatories of the memorandum of understanding - Poland's SGE, the US's GE V...

23.09.2026
JEK2: cooling with natural convection, favorite, 274 kilometers of logistical challenge and electricity price from 65 to 103 EUR/MWh

JEK2: cooling with natural convection, favorite, 274 kilometers of logistical challenge and electricity price from 65 to 103 EUR/MWh

As part of preparing extensive documentation and analyses preceding the announce...

21.09.2026
Welding of the primary ring on the second block of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey has been completed.

Welding of the primary ring on the second block of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey has been completed.

The Akkuyu Nuclear JSC, a subsidiary of the Russian state corporation Rosatom, h...

31.08.2026
Welding of Akkuyu 2's primary circuit completed

Welding of Akkuyu 2's primary circuit completed

The welding of the main coolant pipeline at the Turkish site was completed in 73...

28.08.2026
Endless saga – a dispute over August threatens to delay Sizvel C

Endless saga – a dispute over August threatens to delay Sizvel C

Due to disagreements over costs and changes to a project worth around 30 million...

28.08.2026
Reactor technology selection process progresses in Netherlands

Reactor technology selection process progresses in Netherlands

The design study, known as Front-End Engineering Design (FEED 1), will be carrie...

26.08.2026
Second EPR site authorised for site preparations

Second EPR site authorised for site preparations

Decree No. 2026-807 "granting environmental authorisation for the work needed to...

26.08.2026

Blykalla submits second SMR plant application

The application follows an earlier one, submitted in May, for a six-unit project in Norrsundet in the Gävle municipality, which is also in the same re...

Rosatom and Egypt discussing more potential units

Rosatom and Egypt discussing more potential units

Alexei Likhachev, Director General of the Russian state nuclear corporation, met...

26.08.2026
Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is stable despite drought on the Danube: crises in Paks and Cernavodă point to grid risks, not safety risks.

Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is stable despite drought on the Danube: crises in Paks and Cernavodă point to grid risks, not safety risks.

As the region grapples with the consequences of the record-low water level of th...

04.08.2026
And Pakš completely suspends work.

And Pakš completely suspends work.

The Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary will completely shut down on Sunday, acc...

03.08.2026
Hydrological Drama on the Danube: Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP Under Emergency Measures, Coordination with Serbia and Iron Gate to Preserve Safety

Hydrological Drama on the Danube: Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP Under Emergency Measures, Coordination with Serbia and Iron Gate to Preserve Safety

Following the shutdown of reactors in Romania (Cernavodă) and power reductions i...

31.07.2026